The Cat Who Cried "MEOW"

The little striped cat has a one-cat
party in a box of packing peanuts

This post is based on a conversation that I recently had with a very grumpy Daisy:

There once was a little striped cat who liked to tease big dogs through the window, frolic, and eat grass. Often, she would come inside after eating grass and barf on things. One day, she wanted out, and her humans obliged, and she ran in front of a moving truck, across the street, and into someone's back yard. Her humans promptly stopped opening the door wide enough for her to leave.

Every sunny day, the cat asked to be let out. She meowed at the humans, but they ignored her. So, she meowed again, this time (with all of the sadness and pathetic-ness she could possibly muster) she asked to be let outside.

Unfortunately, all that her humans heard was "MEEEEEOOOOOOOWWWWWWWW", but they understood that she wanted to be let out.

The little cat continued to be kept indoors, but she kept trying, and the humans heard "MEEOOWWW!", and understood that she wanted to be let out.

Someday, the little cat is going to have a real emergency. A burglar will get in, or she will fall off of something and hurt her little foot, or she will fall into the toilet... and she will cry "MEEEEEOOOOOOOOWW!"

And her humans will say "NO, you can't go outside right now" and she will say "no, I am having an emergency!", and her humans will hear "MEOWWWWW!"

And no one will listen.

And it will be sad.